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How to use locate to search for folders only
On a UNIX system, "locate" searches the database for files with chosen name or files within the folder with the chosen name.
How can I use locate to output only folders, not files?
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A file shows in “locate” command but don't exist. Why?
I'm having a strange issue.
I am currently fixing a flash install on Backtrack 5 (Based on Ubuntu). I really need to get flash to work, so I looked up on google. On some board, one guy said that on ...
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Linux Locate Command false info
I am running Arch Linux and have used the "locate" command quite often to find files. I noticed today, however, that it is bringing up results from where the item has been in the past, not it's ...
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Faster alternatives to “find” and “locate”?
I will like to use "find" and locate" to search for source files in my project, but they take a long time to run. Are there faster alternatives to these programs I don't know about, or ways to speed ...
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Unix-type “locate” on Windows?
Using the Windows CLI (cmd), how does one locate a file that he knows part of the name of? For instance, every single Windows workstation installs javac in a different location, how would one find it ...
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Tips for locating my stolen computer
I'm in a bit of a panic, my new Powerbook laptop was stolen. I had no mobile me, or security software installed on the computer. I have the mac address of the computer as well as the serial number. Is ...
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What folders are indexed / covered by 'locate'
On OS X, I think the locate DB is populated by running:
sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
But locate does not seem to find anything in or below ~/
Should locate.updatedb be indexing my home folder ...
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Cannot manually update database for locate?
I've been trying to update the databases used by locate on my Macbook (10.6.3 Snow Leopard) but even following the commands shown in this thread hasn't gotten me anywhere. I just get an error from it ...
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What's the equivalent of Linux's updatedb command for the Mac?
If I want to use the locate command on a Linux machine, I usually run sudo updatedb first to update the database. I can run the locate command on OS X 10.5 but I can't find updatedb. What's the ...
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How to use locate in cygwin
I'm trying to use locate to find files, but I'm not getting anything back from the program. It can't even find files that are in the current directory. How do I make locate work?
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How can I make locate/updatedb ignore certain file extensions?
For instance, I don't want either program to find files that end in *.pyc. I'm sure I can do this somehow using regexes or globs, but is there a way to make locate just ignore the files altogether? ...
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locate/updatedb like tool (Linux CLI) for CDs/DVDs
I am looking for a Linux tool to search for files on offline media like CDs and DVDs. I know there are a lot of "cataloging" tools, but those are all graphical and I want a command line program. Ideal ...
